So what can you put in a rack case other than an amp?

I am fascinated byt eh idea of rack systems. OK, you can have a separate amp and preamp. You can have FX. You can have a tuner and a power supply. You can have a funklogic filler. (http://www.funklogic.com/)

Having a rack-mount tuner, light unit, and power supply is a huge advantage from having a rack, IMO. You can also easily have spares of whatever if your rack is large enough. One other thing that I like a lot is having a rack drawer to store things. At multi-day gigs, I can lock up my microphone, cords, and small steal-able items so that I don't have to carry them home every night. I can also put the rack front on to deter tampering with my rig settings. I also get good use from my 8-space rolling rack in other ways: I set my Goliath Sr. 6x10 up on top of the rack at gigs so that I have the cab right in my ear and can drastically reduce my stage volume. The castors help at load-in and load-out because I can stack stuff on top to roll it around. Can't do any of that with an amp head.

Everything mentioned above has been great. Here's how I do it. Effects rack has a Digital Music Corp. Routing system, 4 stomp boxes, Korg rack tuner, and a Furman PL-8. My other rack will hold my WT-800, a Roland S760 (digital sampler for those who don't stray into odd MIDI gear), and a rack shelf for holding cables/misc. gear. That is once I get the second rack it will.

i dont have one,but both my guitarists do,and they both have the usual stuff,amp,pre amp,post amp twice removed,but they also have drawers in them for leads, tape,ect.they both still have spaces,so i think one should have a fridge,for onstage drinks,and the other a hotplate,for munchies!!

but unfortunatly,i dont think they have built that type of thing yet.
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I am building a case for my SWR SM400S head and putting a strip of recessed red led lights in the front to give the red face some character at night - I will post a pic when completed. the led strip is less than $9 from HK

I got this furman crossover panel (all knobs and buttons, no electronics!) and will be putting it in my rack case with recessed led lighting. hard to get pictures actual color, but both panels are the same color so that they look like a match!

I've got the Hartke 3500 in the rack case that came from Hartke. Anyone ever try to pull out the Hartke logo (no offense) and mount an effects unit in that 1U spot?

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If you mean the wood/tolex case that they come in now, there are no rack-style screw holes and the amp is actually fastened by screws in the bottom of the casing. If you want to rack-mount your Hartke, you have to remove it from that and buy the rack-ear attachment. The empty wood case makes a good bathroom step-stool for your toddler.